Vitaminman

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 3 months and 6 days.

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organic food
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Hi, welcome to my user page.

First things first: It's not always easy, but I try to follow Wikipedia:Assume good faith. I’ve been hanging out on Wikipedia for some years now and, during my time here, have come across many nice, very well-meaning editors.

However I'm greatly concerned that Wikipedia’s articles on non-orthodox medicine approaches have been hijacked by certain editors whose sole goal seems to be to undermine the credibility of these therapies. In fact, one could almost be forgiven for thinking that the majority of the higher profile alternative medicine pages around here tend to be dominated by people who are intent on maintaining the pro-pharmaceutical status quo.

To anybody who doubts this, spend some time here and you'll soon learn that positive studies on vitamins generally aren't welcome on Wikipedia. But twist the evidence against them and you'll soon find that your user page will be filled with Wikipedia:Barnstars.

But before anybody gets the wrong idea, let me stress that I strongly believe in objective science. Problem is, however, that many of Wikipedia’s articles on non-orthodox medicine currently fall short of being either objective or scientific. This lack of accuracy even extends to legislative issues, with some editors not even bothering to read the relevant legislation before attempting to write about it.

It's sometimes a lonely job hanging out around here when one is honest enough to express views such as these, but I've seen lives saved by these therapies that would otherwise have been lost.

Non-Alt. Med. articles I've contributed to

Here are a few of the non-Alt. Med. articles I've contributed to over the years: Ron Roddan (which I initiated), Dandy Sakano, Bob Beamon, Albert Stubblebine, L'Oréal, Rachel Christie, Campodimele, Research into centenarians (which I also initiated), Duane Graveline, Scott Karl, The Professionals (TV series), 1983 Texas Rangers season, Siderka, Gunther von Hagens, Schengen Information System, Supercentenarian, New England Centenarian Study, Centenarian, Okinawa Centenarian Study, Virtue, Swimming at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Richard Yates (19th century politician), Concordia College (New York), Conway Lake, Clarence Thomas, Redbird Arena, Super Bowl, Richard Burford, Moses Macdonald, Longevity, Bruce Grobbelaar, Charles Hardnett, Berkley Bedell, African American, Alyce Platt, Samuel Alito, Afterlife, Andreas Kontogouris, White House, President of the United States, Anthony Kennedy, Dixon v. United States, Redbird Arena, H (TV series), Yunokuni no mori, Miyako Ishiuchi, President's College, Ubii, Flat Earth, Carlyle Group, Navel, Bilderberg Group, BRICS.